Applications of Amorphous Boron Powder

1. Metallurgy & Steel Industry

• Additive for boron steel and high-strength steel to improve hardenability, strength, hardness and toughness, applied in automobiles, engineering machinery, bearings and gears.
• Used as deoxidizer and desulfurizer for steelmaking to refine grains and purify molten steel.
• Alloying agent for aluminum, copper, nickel and titanium alloys to enhance wear resistance, heat resistance and corrosion resistance.

2. Aerospace & Military Industry

• Core raw material of high-energy fuel-rich propellant for solid rockets and missiles to boost specific impulse and combustion efficiency.
• Applied in initiators, pyrotechnics and delay agents for military supplies and automobile airbags.
• Raw material for boron-based composite materials for high-temperature structural parts, engine components and brake pads.

3. Advanced Ceramics & Superhard Materials

• Raw material for producing boron carbide, boron nitride, titanium boride, zirconium boride and other boron-based ceramics.
• Used for bulletproof plates, wear-resistant parts and high-temperature refractory materials.
• Sintering aid and superhard abrasive polishing powder.

4. Electronics & Semiconductors

• High-purity boron powder serves as P-type dopant for silicon wafers to manufacture diodes, transistors and chips.
• Applied in electronic paste, electrodes, vacuum coating and sputtering target materials.
• Manufacturing high-temperature electronic components and infrared devices.

5. Nuclear Industry

• Excellent thermal neutron absorption material, used for nuclear reactor control rods, radiation shielding materials and neutron counting devices.

6. New Energy Industry

• Electrode additive for lithium batteries to improve electrical conductivity, rate performance and cycle life.
• Research and development raw material for new-type batteries and hydrogen storage materials.

7. Welding & Brazing

• Brazing flux for stainless steel and high-temperature alloys, removing oxide film and improving wettability and welding tightness.

8. Chemical Industry, Catalysis & Anti-corrosion

• Basic raw material for synthesizing borides and organic boron compounds.
• Catalyst for chemical reactions, flame retardant and metal anti-rust material.
• Reinforcing filler for polymer materials.

9. Other Fields

• Raw material of high-purity boron fertilizer in agriculture.
• Applied in medical boron drugs, biological tracing agents and antibacterial materials.
• 3D printing composite powder for high-temperature alloys and ceramics.

Purity Matching Application

• Industrial grade (85%-95%): Metallurgy, refractory materials, ordinary ceramics, welding
• High purity (99%-99.9%): Electronic paste, batteries, military supplies, high-grade ceramics
• Ultra-high purity (99.99%-99.999%): Semiconductor doping, nuclear industry, high-end electronic components